posted on October 25, 2019 by

ELS Newsletter Fall 2019

The Employment Law Solution: McFadden Davis, LLC includes Tips for Creating an Alliance Culture for Gender Identity, Information on Gender Self-Identification, and a Discussion of Modern Day Workplace Discrimination in […]

Filed Under: ADA, Discrimination, Diversity, EEOC, Employer Resources, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Events, Events & Updates, Overtime, Pipeline Award, Professional Development, Race Discrimination, Speaking Engagements, Wage & Hour, Workplace Training, Workplace Violence Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,
posted on August 8, 2019 by

Webinar with Chandra C. Davis – HR Regulations: Disabled Employees, Discrimination and Equal Pay – Wed., Aug. 15, 2 pm

Please join Chandra Davis and Sanquinetta Maria Dover for an informative presentation on August 15 at 2 p.m. HR Regulations: Disabled Employees, Workplace Discrimination, Equal Pay Register at http://bit.ly/DiscussionswithDoverEpisode1. Discussion Duration: […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, EEOC, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events, Events & Updates, Race Discrimination, Wage & Hour
posted on June 7, 2019 by

Workplace Bullying: States are Taking Action

by Jamie Thompson, Summer Associate Employers should be aware that bullying may give rise to actionable harassment claims when the bullying is connected to a protected category. Bullying is often […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, Litigation, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Title VII, Workplace Training Tagged With: , , , , , ,
posted on May 8, 2019 by

Attorney Tennille Hoover Returns to ELS

Tennille Hoover is an attorney with ELS. Using her former experience as an HR director for an employer with over 6000 employees, Tennille provides strategic employment law representation and counseling […]

Filed Under: ADA, Age Discrimination, Department of Labor, Disability Discrimination, Discovery, Discrimination, Diversity, EEOC, Emotional Intelligence, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events & Updates, FLSA, FMLA, Georgia Bar, Harassment, Hiring and Firing, Holiday Pay, Hostile Work Environment, Inclusion, Investigation, Litigation, Professional Development, Race Discrimination, Reduction in Force, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Seasonal Workers, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Speaking Engagements, State Bar of Georgia, Title VII, Wage & Hour, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Training, Young Lawyer Division of GA Bar Tagged With: , , , , ,
posted on March 7, 2018 by

Read ELS’ Practical Guidance on Discovery in Employment Litigation

ELS Partners, Jamala McFadden and Chandra Davis, and ELS attorney, Raquel Crump, had the pleasure of authoring a Lexis Practice Advisor Practice Note concerning Discovery in Employment Discrimination Litigation: What Defendants […]

Filed Under: ADA, Disability Discrimination, Discovery, EEOC, Employers, Litigation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Title VII
posted on September 22, 2017 by

Nominees to EEOC Likely to Roll Back Litigation and LGBT Coverage

Two possible EEOC  nominees, if confirmed, are likely to pull back EEOC aggressiveness in litigation and interpretation of Title VII’s coverage of LGBT employment discrimination.  Read more here: Law360-EEOC Noms Stress Negotiation, […]

Filed Under: EEOC, Employers, Hostile Work Environment, LGBT, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Title VII
posted on May 10, 2017 by

Personnel Board Upholds Termination of 2 Supervisors for EEO Policy Violation

Attorney Carmen Alexander recently served as a key witness in personnel board hearings held for two terminated employees seeking to have their terminations overturned.  The two employees were first-line supervisors.  […]

Filed Under: EEOC, Employers, Hiring and Firing, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Title VII
posted on July 11, 2016 by

ELS Co-Sponsors GABWA’s 5th Thursday Lunch CLE: “The Law and Politics of Hair”

On June 30, 2016, ELS co-sponsored The Law and Politics of Hair CLE for the Georgia Association of Black Women Lawyers (GABWA). The purpose of this seminar was to discuss […]

Filed Under: Employers, Events, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Speaking Engagements, Title VII
posted on February 17, 2016 by

Avoiding Legal Liability In An Interview

Avoiding Legal Liability In An Interview[1] Federal and state laws have been created to protect, not only employees, but applicants from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, […]

Filed Under: Age Discrimination, EEOC, Employers, Hiring and Firing, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Title VII
posted on July 15, 2014 by

No Hostile Workplace Claim If Victims Oblivious: 11th Circ.

The Eleventh Circuit issued a precedential ruling Tuesday in an appeal by Austal USA LLC workers who saw their racial discrimination claims against the shipbuilder defeated by a lower court, […]

Filed Under: Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Title VII